AN 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE DECORATED MIRROR
AN 18TH CENTURY CHINOISERIE DECORATED MIRROR
51cm wide; 78cm high
Plate is heavily worn and doesn’t actually provide much of a reflection, some losses to the paint, and cracks in places, see additional images. Backboard is not original to the piece and is a later…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 January 2025 , 17:00 GMT
14 January 2025 , 17:00 GMT
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOW-FRONT STICK BAROMETER
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOW-FRONT STICK BAROMETER
By Adie & Son, Edinburgh
With a stepped rectangular pediment above the signed silvered dial with vernier scale, above a figured veneered bow front, above a rectangular block cistern cover100cm highIMPORTANT INFORMATIONThis…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER
Retailed by West, London, circa 1880
With arched case, glazed dial and ivory chamfered scales and micrometer, above a plain trunk inset with an ivory scale thermometer, above circular reservoir and domed cover92cm highIMPORTANT…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A CARVED-IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LARGE WALL BRACKET
A CARVED-IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LARGE WALL BRACKET
Second half 19th Century
The canted rectangular top, above a stepped frieze, supported by five scrolled brackets, terminating in a carved leaf finial48cm high; 52cm wideIMPORTANT INFORMATION This lot contains ivory and has…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
XII ROYAL LANCERS - A SILVER AND SILVER PLATE PRESENTATION MANTEL TIMEPIECE TO MAJOR HOWARD CLIFTON BROWN
XII ROYAL LANCERS - A SILVER AND SILVER PLATE PRESENTATION MANTEL…
By Goldsmiths Company, 112 Regent Street, London, Hallmarked 1902
Designed with a silver plated equestrian figure of a XII Lancer, on a silver stepped base, above a rectangular silver-clad case, the front with a glazed 3in silvered dial, engraved ROYAL LANCER XII…
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
SIR GEORGE AIRY'S TRANSIT OF VENUS 1874 EXPEDITION - A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND ROSEWOOD TWO-DAY OBSERVATORY CHRONOMETER
SIR GEORGE AIRY'S TRANSIT OF VENUS 1874 EXPEDITION - A VICTORIAN BRASS…
By Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 3178, Circa 1860
In a two-tier brass-bound rosewood box (missing hinged upper lid), with glazed observation panel, the front with circular maker's ivory roundel, above a shaped brass escutcheon and further ivory…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING & REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING & REPEATING VERGE BRACKET…
By Bennington & Thorpe, London, Circa 1790
The broken-arched case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above a single pad, with moulded cornice, above arched glazed panel door, the sides each with an arched fish-scale pierced brass grille…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
AN EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING AND STRIKING VERGE TABLE CLOCK
AN EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING AND STRIKING VERGE TABLE CLOCK
By Matthieu Le Roy, London, Circa 1700
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a bold knopped handle with ring turned drum terminals, above a glazed panel door and sound fret, the sides each with a glazed panel below a fret, with hinged…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD-INLAID LANCET MANTEL CLOCK
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD-INLAID LANCET MANTEL CLOCK
By William John Upjohn, London, Circa 1820
The lancet-shaped case inset with a brass fret panel to the front and inlaid with boxwood lines and shaped panels, flanked by a slender three-quarter cluster column to each corner, with brass bezel…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
Rol Fawney, London
The break-arch case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above arched glazed door, with a brass fish-scale grille panel to each side, the 7in cream-painted dial detailed Rol Fawney, London, with…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Santa Rosa, 1992, large 8vo, original boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 251 COPIES (LETTERED 'Y') SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOURED SILKSCREEN PRINT BY THE AUTHOR SIGNED "BUK".
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Santa Rosa…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  The last Night of the Earth Poems. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Large 8vo (230 x 150mm). Title printed in orange and black, monochrome photographed portrait of…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke printed on folded sheets, each plate initialed by the artist, original boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Ebenezer Press, …
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance, London, 1913, 8vo, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. Please see the extensive notes regarding the edition below.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance, London, 1913, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the title, title with "First…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second issue,  with the copyright page on the verso of the title reading "Copyright, 1899 and 1900."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Lord Jim. A Romance. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title, title within double rule border with woodcut device (some very light mainly…
Estimate: £100 - £150
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of what is widely-regarded as the author's masterpiece.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, woodcut printer's…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Under Western Eyes, London, 1911, 8vo, half title, 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated August 1911, original red cloth gilt, uncut. FIRST EDITION.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Under Western Eyes, London, 1911, 8vo, half…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Under Western Eyes. London: Methuen & Co., 1911. 8vo (192 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisements on the verso of half title, 32-pages of publisher's…
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress, London, 1724, 8vo, fine engraved frontispiece captioned "The Famous Roxana" (some spotting and staining), contemporary calf. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Defoe's last novel, published anonymously.
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress, London, 1724, 8vo,…
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)].  The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Countess de Wintselheim, in Germany.…
Hammer price: £16,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis elementorum libri XV, Cologne, 1591, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, 2 titles within elaborate woodcut borders, woodcut diagrams (some browning and staining), contemporary limp vellum.
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis…
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612).  Euclidis elementorum libri XV. [Second volume: Euclidis posteriores libri IX] Accessit XVI. de Solidorum regularium cuius libet intra quodlibet…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two…
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, illustrations, 2 folding maps contained in envelope, original half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 135 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles,…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935).  Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux Indes Orientales, Amsterdam, 1638, 3 parts in one volume, folio, 3 engraved titles, portrait, 6 maps, 33 plates (?only of 36), contemporary calf (re-backed). Third French edition.
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux…
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611).  Histoire de la Navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois: Aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à present descouverts…
Hammer price: £16,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third Edition, London, 1665, 8vo, printed in black letter (mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). With 2 defective books. (3)
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third…
MANWOOD, John (d.1610).  A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MITFORD, Nancy (1904-73). The Pursuit of Love, London, 1945, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket by Roger Furse with price unclipped (jacket torn with slight loss). FIRST EDITION.
MITFORD, Nancy (1904-73). The Pursuit of Love, London, 1945, 8vo, original…
MITFORD, Nancy (1904-73).  The Pursuit of Love. A Novel. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945, 8vo (184 x 120mm). Half title, title printed in red and black (printing crease to pp.61/62 only very slightly…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon, Colonel (1834-1914). Autograph letter, signed ("E. L. Ommaney"), to "Graham" [an unknown recipient], with the blindstamp of the "Colonial Office", 10th April 1902, three-pages, 180 x 115mm, 13 February [1897]. On Zionism.
OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon, Colonel (1834-1914). Autograph letter, signed ("E.…
OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon (1834-1914), Colonel.  Autograph letter, signed ("E. L. Ommaney"), to "Graham" [an unknown recipient], with the blindstamp of the Colonial Office, 10th April 1902, three-pages,…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £100 - £150
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT

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